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This is sbiload - an OPL2/3 FM instrument loader for ALSA sequencer
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Written by Uros Bizjak <uros@kss-loka.si>
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Web: http://www.kss-loka.si/~uros/sbiload.html
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See the file COPYING for licence details.
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Build and install
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You should be able to just type 'make'. All configuration variables
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are in make.conf if you need to change anything.
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By default it will install into /usr/local/bin, change INSTDIR in
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make.conf to change this.
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Before use
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----------
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Please check that the correct sequencer modules are loaded for your
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sound card. You need to load snd-synth-opl3 module.
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Usage
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-----
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2004-07-02 12:21:13 +00:00
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loadsbi [-p client:port] [-4] [-l] [-P path] [-v level] instfile drumfile
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2001-05-11 07:43:52 +00:00
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-p, --port=client:port - An ALSA client and port number to use
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-4 --opl3 - Four operators (OPL3) file type
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-l, --list - List possible output ports
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2004-07-02 12:21:13 +00:00
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-P, --path=path - Specify the patch path
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-v, --verbose=level - Verbose level
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Because you may have more than one sound card and each sound
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card may have several MIDI connections, you have to tell sbiload
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which one to use.
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First find out what the possibilities are for your system:
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If you run:
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sbiload -l
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it will give you a list of the devices. On my system I get:
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Port Client name Port name
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64:0 0: MIDI Synth MIDI 0-0
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65:0 OPL3 FM Synth OPL3 FM Synth port
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Only OPLx FM Synth port can be used with sbiload. In the example above
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the first one is the external Midi port, and the second is the internal
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four-operator FM synthesizer (OPL3).
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If you don't see anything listed then check that the correct ALSA
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modules are loaded as in the section "Before use".
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Running sbiload
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You specify the port to use with the -p option, or by setting the
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environment variable ALSA_OUT_PORT.
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For example to use port 0 on client 65 to load four-operator FM
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instrument
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sbiload -p 65:0 --opl3 std.o3 drums.o3
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or
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export ALSA_OUT_PORT=65:0
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sbiload --opl3 std.o3 drums.o3
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Acknowledgements
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----------------
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sbiload includes work from Steve Ratcliffe (pmidi-1.4.1.tar.gz) and
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Jaroslav Kysela (alsamod-1999-09-01.tar.gz).
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Where to report bugs and feedback
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---------------------------------
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Please report any problems to uros@kss-loka.si
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